title: Prediction of coronary vessel involvement on the basis of atherosclerosis risk factor analysis.
abstract: The prediction of coronary vessel involvement by means of noninvasive tests is one of the fundamental objectives of preventive cardiology. This review describes the current possibilities of coronary vessel involvement prediction by means of ultrasonographic examination of carotid arteries, analysis of polymorphisms in the genes encoding enzymes responsible for production of nitric oxide and carbon monoxide and assessment of levels of certain proinflammatory cytokines. In the presented work these noninvasive markers are correlated with the extent of coronary vessel involvement as assessed by coronary angiography, intravascular ultrasound and virtual histology (Fig. 5, Ref. 40).
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. tkovarnik@yahoo.com
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authors.lastname: Kovarnik
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authors.lastname: Kral
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authors.lastname: Skalicka
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authors.lastname: Skalicka
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authors.lastname: Dostal
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authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kralik
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authors.lastname: Martasek
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authors.lastname: Aschermann
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authors.lastname: Horak
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authors.lastname: Linhart
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authors.lastname: Wahle
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authors.lastname: Sonka
mesh_terms: D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors